"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 11:50 AM 9/3/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
> >> Coincidentally, The Adams' both had the same first and last name's but
> >> different middle names, Adams won the election with fewer votes than
> >> Andrew Jackson, and (ahem) both he and his father served only one term.
> >> 8^)
> >
> >Aha. So, history has already repeated itself on two occasions (three, if you
> >include the middle names thing). With some luck, it will do that again and
> >GWB will not be re-elected.
> >
> >Now, so I can prepare myself for what is to come, how did the second
> >President Adams screw up? Just in case history repeats itself again...
>
> If you really want to watch for history repeating itself:
>
> Every President elected in a year ending in "0" since Martin van Buren has
> either died in office or been shot while in office (Reagan being the only
> one that did not die.)
Van Buren was voted out in 1840. The first president to die in office
was William Henry Harrison, elected in 1840. The way I've heard it
phrased is that every President elected in a year ending in "0" from
Harrison to Kennedy has died in office.
> And if you really believe such numerology, I have a number of betting
> propositions that I can offer, beginning with the Buffalo Bills being 0-3
> on Halloween.......
Um, the Bills will have played more games than just 3 by Halloween. So
I'm not going to take that bet. :)
As far as history repeating itself and football-related stuff, for over
half a century the last home game of the Washington Redskins has
predicted the presidential election: if the Redskins win, the party
currently holding the White House wins, if they lose, the other party
wins the White House. This past election didn't break that correlation.
Julia
